Great toning. A pleasure to view. Thanks a lot. Cal
The cent is mostly zinc with a very small percent being the more expensive metal, copper. Cents weigh 2.5 g, so there are 454/2.5 = 182 of them...
It's possible the ten double eagles were a trial (no pun) balloon, and a bunch of others are now offshore. However, given their value, one would...
Must be right. Seller is a PNG member with 99.9% positives on over 37,000 sales. Of course, the U key is close to the G key on the keyboard! Cal
Well, there's at least one other out there in addition to the Farouk specimen and the ten Langbord specimens. It'll stay underground for a while...
I've never seen a truly valuable coin embedded in cast plastic and have seen more than a few copies so embedded. I suppose there might be some of...
Clear plastic paper weights with embedded coins are not uncommon. In this case, they've just been stingy with the acrylic. If desired and...
I echo others who said enjoy coin collecting as a HOBBY. If you want to make money at it you might have a chance as a dealer, but if you were...
Thank you very much. It's really lovely. Cal
Vera, vera nice, Captain! Can you post pics of the slab? Cal
I'd guess that both PCGS and NGC photo all coins in low res (possibly only in video frames) in their receiving and shipping departments as a...
My first experience in submitting a coin to a grading service was at a show in Sacramento in the 1980's. Service was Accugrade, and coin was a...
Nice group of $1s. Maybe it's just the lighting, but I like the 22-D even though I don't collect peace dollars. No, I'm not going to start...
Maybe due to a QC employee at the mint missing a couple incisors? Cal
Good point. Cal
It seems it would be to their mutual benefit. They would be helping each other. In addition, it would cause the other side's pops to decrease....
I think for example, if PCGS were to send NGC a list of NGC-slabbed coins that crossed the previous week, NGC could trust it, and vice versa....
If a coin is submitted for crossover grading and succeeds, does the grading service notify the service which had formerly graded the coin? It...
Ironically, the ones given out for special occasions may eventually become more valuable even though the coins are usually of lower grade than the...
A real dazzler. Thanks. Cal
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